Fire Alarms

In England and Wales, if you’re an employer, owner, landlord or occupier of business or other non-domestic premises, you’re responsible for fire safety and are known as the ‘responsible person’. As the responsible person, there are certain things you must do by law under the Fire Safety Order, which is enforced by your local fire and rescue authority.

As the ‘responsible person’ you must:

carry out and regularly review a fire risk assessment of the premises

tell staff and/or their representatives about the risks you’ve identified

put in place, and maintain, adequate and appropriate fire safety measures to remove or reduce the risk to life